Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 20:12:31 -0800 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> To: Joseph Scott <joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu> Cc: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>, Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu>, Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: All About People Message-ID: <19991215201230.B15742@azazel.zer0.org> In-Reply-To: <3857FF87.3272254E@owp.csus.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912152001200.94881-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3857FF87.3272254E@owp.csus.edu>
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On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 08:52:24PM +0000, Joseph Scott wrote: > Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > > > >Why must you sneakernet? > > I have a laptop.. i use dad's printer or one at work. (windows, of course) > > This is the online version of the new O'Reilly book on Samba. I've > never actually done it, but this described how to use Samba to print > to a print share on a Windows box. This combined with a good print > filter for non-postscript printers should do the trick. I used to do it all the time. In mutt, for example: set print_command="smbclient \\\\\\\\lpthost\\\\printer1 -P -c 'printmode graphics; print -'" (Note: with Samba 2.x, the "-P" flag is unnecessary.) This command could be used from just about any program, sans ultra-backslash-escaping. (Windoze locations are \\host\service.) Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter Failing sardine factory cans employees! mailto:gsutter@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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